Every other後面跟名詞單數，常常是「其他的每一個…」的意思：

He has visited every other country in Asia except India.

他游遍了亞洲除印度以外的所有其他國家。

Every other girl except me is wearing jeans.

除了我，其他女孩都穿著牛仔褲。



但是，如果後面名詞是表示時間的day, week等，

那麼意思有所不同，是「每隔…」

I have a bath every other day.

我隔一天洗一次澡。

She visited him in hospital every other day.

她每隔一天去醫院看他一次。

Trash is collected every other day.

垃圾每隔一天收集一次。

My mother changes the sheets every other week.

我媽媽每隔一周換一次牀單。



The other後面加名詞，一般是「兩個中的另一個」：

One man was arrested, but the other one got away.

一人被抓住了，但另一人逃走了。

Here's one sock, but where's the other one?

這裡一隻襪子，但另一隻呢？



The other後如果是表示時間的名詞day，

意思也有變化，是「幾天前，前些時候」：

She had her first heart attack the other day.

前幾天她第一次心臟病發作。

I saw him in town the other day.

前些時候我在城裡見過他。

The other day we had some visitors from USA.

幾天前我們接待了一些美國客人。



Every other day（每隔一天，每兩天）和the other day（幾天前，前些時候）的區別你記住了嗎？